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1MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD — essayist and historian, born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, son of Zachary Macaulay the philanthropist, and so of Scottish descent; graduated at Cambridge 1822, proving a brilliant debater in the Union, and became Fellow of Trinity 1824;… …
2JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH — cartographer, born at Kirkhill, Midlothian; was an engraver by trade, and devoted himself with singular success to the preparation of atlases; the National Atlas was published in 1843, and the Royal Atlas of Geography (1861) was the finest… …
3John Hunt, Baron Hunt — Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, CBE, DSO, PC (22 June 1910 ndash; 8 November 1998) was a British army officer who is best known as the leader of the to Mount Everest. Early life and careerHunt was born in Simla, British India, his …
4Alessandro Volta — Alessandro Volta † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alessandro Volta Physicist, b. at Como, 18 Feb., 1745; d. there, 5 March, 1827. As his parents were not in affluent circumstances his education was looked after by ecclesiastical relatives.… …
5ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
6Eusebia (empress) — Eusebia (†360, full name Flavia Aurelia Eusebia, sometimes known as Aurelia Eusebia) was the second wife of Emperor Constantius II. Main sources for the knowledge about her life are Julian s panegyric Speech of Thanks to the Empress Eusebia in… …
7Alexander von Humboldt — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander von Humboldt box width = image size =250px caption = Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843 birth date = September 14, 1769 birth place = Berlin death date = May 6, 1859 death place = residence …
8Bobby Orr — For other people of the same name, see Robert Orr (disambiguation). Bobby Orr Orr in March 2010 …
9Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan — Athénaïs de Montespan Marquise de Montespan Contemporary portrait of Françoise by an unknown artist Spouse(s) Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin …
10Glorious First of June — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Glorious First of June partof=the French Revolutionary Wars caption= Lord Howe s action, or the Glorious First of June Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1795 date=1 June 1794 place=Atlantic Ocean,… …
